Chapter 17: Baofeng Hall

Tragedy, today the table was broken, and the boat wanted to stick to it, but accidentally got a hand on 502, and it couldn't be washed off. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info kneel and beg for the collection of red tickets for comfort......

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'Zhang Ji Baofeng Hall', located in the most prosperous middle street of Quang Ninh City, has eight large rooms only with open shops, and is the leading pharmacist in Quang Ninh City.

It's already morning, and the middle street is full of traffic, people come and go, and it's not lively.

Although Guangning City is the seat of Liaodong Town, it was prosperous in the past, but it has not reached the current level.

This is mainly due to the fall of Shenyang and Liaoyang, and a large number of people in Liaozhong have poured into Guangning, making this important place form a kind of deformed prosperity.

Li Yuanqing changed into a thick coarse cloth coat, wore a rabbit skin hat, cowhide boots, and tied a long belt of unknown animal fur around his waist, and stood quietly at the door of Baofeng Hall.

This outfit will not be abrupt if it is worn by ordinary people, but Li Yuanqing is tall and quite mighty, so standing at the door of someone else's store like a telephone pole will inevitably attract the surprised eyes of others.

I didn't know it, I thought it was the owner of Baofeng Hall, and I got into trouble with something big that shouldn't be messed with.

Looking at the four big characters of 'Doctor's Benevolence' hanging on the door plaque in the center of the main hall of Baofeng Hall, Li Yuanqing's mouth couldn't help but show a faint smile.

At this time, the guys inside also discovered Li Yuanqing, an uninvited guest, and hurriedly trotted out to greet him, and said with some fear: "This guest officer, you, do you want to see a doctor or grab medicine?" ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "I don't see a doctor, I don't take medicine, but I have a deal and want to talk to your owner." ”

How dare a man be the master? Hurriedly said: "Guest officer, it's really unfortunate, our host is not here today, or will you come back another day?" ”

"Oh." Li Yuanqing glanced at the young man with a little meaning, "That's okay, I'll come over another day." ”

With that, Li Yuanqing walked slowly into the middle of the street and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

The guy let out a sigh of relief, and finally sent the plague god away, this stupid big man stood at the door like a pole, who would dare to come to the store to buy medicine?

Today, the second shopkeeper on duty in Baofengtang, a middle-aged man with a thin horse face and a handful of goatee, saw this guy return to the store, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with this person?" ”

The guy hurriedly recounted Li Yuanqing's words to the second shopkeeper, and the second shopkeeper was fiddling with the abacus beads to settle the accounts, and he didn't seem to take it seriously, nodded and counted it, and the guy hurriedly went to greet the other guests.

At this time, Li Yuanqing followed the small alley next door to Baofeng Hall and came to the street in the backyard of Baofeng Hall.

The house of Baofeng Hall is very large, at least more than ten acres, and it can occupy such an industry on the most prosperous commercial street in the city.

There is a small river in the back street of Baofengtang, and across the river, there is a noisy square, which used to be a market, but recently it has become a labor market, or rather, a slave market.

The influence of the Xiaoice River, coupled with the defeat of the war in Liaozhong, many refugees had no choice but to sell their children and daughters, which was already commonplace.

But this was not the main business of the slave market, and the bulk of it was the adult labour, young men and women.

Most of them are Han Chinese, there are also many Mongols, and even, there are Chao~ Xian and whites.

Li Yuanqing ordered a bowl of chaos and a few meat cakes at the small stall next to the slave market, then sat down alone, quietly looking at Zhang Ji's mansion not far away.

The slave market was full of people, but Li Yuanqing's heart was like water.

In fact, Li Yuanqing has been paying attention to Baofengtang for a few days, originally, in order to help Mao Wenlong earn some money, Li Yuanqing wanted to return to his old business and engage in some medicinal material business.

has been a human being for two lives, and after stepping into this industry for more than ten years, almost no one knows more about this industry than Li Yuanqing.

But after a few days, Li Yuanqing inadvertently discovered that this Jibaofeng Hall was far from being such a fuel-efficient lamp as it appeared on the surface.

Originally, Li Yuanqing planned to get a batch of medicinal materials from Guangning, and then 'in-depth processing' by himself, and follow a certain large caravan to Shenyang City, so that first, he could 'whitewash' his identity and enter Shenyang City blatantly, and second, he could also earn some silver taels and find out some information, which was the best of both worlds.

But after discovering Zhang Ji's cattiness, Li Yuanqing changed his attention......

The chaotic taste of this small stall is not bad, and the amount of meat filling is also very large, and after a short time, Li Yuanqing has already eliminated it, and wiped his mouth comfortably, "Xiao Er, come here." ”

Li Yuanqing said, and a piece of broken silver in his hand was already on the table.

Xiao Er and the boss, a middle-aged man in his forties, couldn't help frowning when he saw that Li Yuanqing actually took out silver, "Guest officer, you, this is too big, the small shop only accepts copper coins, this, this can't be found." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled slightly, took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms, and put them on the table, "Hehe, I don't need you to find it." I'm going to eat at your place at noon. ”

Li Yuanqing said, and pushed one of the small silver nudes in front of Xiao Er, "By the way, Little Second Brother, I will ask you about something." ”

This little silver naked, exchanged for copper coins, is not much, this little two can find it, he was just about to put it away to find money for Li Yuanqing, when he heard Li Yuanqing's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly said: "Guest officer, what do you command?" ”

Li Yuanqing said with a smile: "Does the second shopkeeper come to you for dinner every day at noon?" ”

Where could Xiao Er keep up with Li Yuanqing's rhythm, and said busily: "Guest officer, which second shopkeeper are you talking about?" When the second shopkeeper of Baofeng Hall was on duty, he often ate at my place. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Then it's over." You take all this silver, cut me a few catties of cooked mutton, fry a few side dishes, warm a few pots of hot wine, and at noon, I will treat you here. ”

As he spoke, Li Yuanqing wanted to get up and leave.

Xiao Er couldn't help frowning, and hurriedly ran to Li Yuanqing's side, "Guest officer, it's no problem to fry a few side dishes." But mutton and mulled wine are not available in the shop. ”

"Long-winded. Wouldn't you buy it without it? Is there anything you can't do with money? Li Yuanqing said, ignoring Xiao Er, and walked towards the slave market.

Xiao Er looked at Li Yuanqing's back, smiled and shook his head.

Strange things happen every day, especially today. This master, could it be that there is a loud horse and a pole?

However, Li Yuanqing gave him almost two taels of silver, which was enough to organize a big banquet, and he could earn at least one or two taels of silver for this meal, which could catch up with his income for more than half a month.

Money can make ghosts grind, and Xiao Er didn't dare to ink, let alone offend Li Yuanqing, the uncle, so he hurried to get busy.

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The slave market was very noisy, although Li Yuanqing was going inside, but his eyes had never left the little second brother, and when he saw him go to do something, Li Yuanqing showed a slight smile.

It's not that Li Yuanqing deliberately played tricks in front of this little second brother, it's just that what he has to do next is not visible, and Li Yuanqing naturally doesn't want to show too many traces.

If you treat people too kindly, you will be remembered even more.

After the previous hard 'night walk', Li Yuanqing's total assets are about more than 120 taels of silver, leaving 20 taels for the little girl and Liu Chunhua to live, and the rest, Li Yuanqing is ready to devote all of them to this transaction.

In fact, some things may be difficult for ordinary people, even difficult to get to the sky. Like, making money.

But for people who are proficient in a certain field and have reached a certain level, sometimes it is actually just a trivial matter, for example, the medicinal materials industry......

At this time, the sun was still very east, and it was about 9 o'clock, and the lunch of the second shopkeeper on duty in Baofeng Hall had to wait until at least half past 12 o'clock, and Li Yuanqing walked around this slave market to see if he could gain anything.

In this era, for too many ordinary people, being a slave is not an unacceptable thing.

After all, being a slave in a big family, no matter how miserable it is, at least you can still have something to eat, don't care about thick and thin.

But if you are out there, according to the current market, there is almost only one way, and that is to starve to death.

"Uncle, look at my little girl. Don't look at her thin. She can do anything, she can do anything. I used to ask a fortune teller to tell her, and she specified that she would be able to have a son in the future......"

Li Yuanqing had just taken a few steps when he was stopped by an old man with a wrinkled face, and behind him, there was a little girl about eight ~ nine years old, and three little boys of five or six years old, six or seven years old, curled up behind him, all wearing only single clothes, shivering in the cold wind.

On the side, seeing that the old man grabbed Li Yuanqing, Li Yuanqing's eyes showed an unbearable look again, and in an instant, several old men and mother-in-law surrounded him.

"Uncle, look at my girl. My girl is twelve years old, and she can already serve people......"

"Uncle ......"

Li Yuanqing didn't know what it was like in his heart, troubled times were coming, and human life was really not as good as a dog.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise."

Li Yuanqing pushed away a few people around him, "Lao Tzu is not a good person, where is there so much nonsense?" Old man, you say, how much do you want? ”

Li Yuanqing pointed to the wrinkled old man and said.

The old man hurriedly said: "Uncle, my girl only needs ......"

He hesitated, gritted his teeth, and said, "As long as five taels, five taels of silver, I will give her to you." ”

Next to her, the forty-year-old mother-in-law sneered disdainfully: "Five taels, old man, what about you killing someone?" The yellow-haired girl in your family doesn't know how many years she has to eat, how can the uncle sometimes serve her? Uncle, look at my girl, she is already twelve, and she can serve you now. Please, buy her. All I need is three taels of silver. The old woman will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life. ”

As she spoke, she hugged Li Yuanqing's thigh hard and cried loudly.

Behind her, a little girl in her early tens, with bright big eyes, looked at Li Yuanqing expectantly but in horror, which was heartbreaking.

Li Yuanqing didn't know how to express his feelings.

In the next generation, a little girl of their age, which one is not the pearl of their parents' palms? I can't wait to hold it in my mouth for fear of melting, and hold it in my hand for fear of falling, but now......

But looking around, there are still families like theirs, and there are still ......

"Fuck, you stinky bunches of begging for food. Lao Tzu really didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went out today. Okay, there are a few maids in my house, all of them are fucking Lao Tzu up, you, and you, I want it. ”

Li Yuanqing pointed at the two little girls, "Come here, come to the uncle." ”

Two little girls, one is eight ~ nine years old, and the other is in her early tens, not like her mother said that she is twelve years old.

At this time, hearing Li Yuanqing's words, the two little girls froze in place, at a loss.

But their father and mother were overjoyed, and hurriedly pushed their respective daughters to Li Yuanqing's side, and kowtowed to Li Yuanqing desperately: "Uncle, you, you are really Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves suffering." Daughter, kowtow to the uncle. In the future, you have to serve your uncle well. ”

The old man also kowtowed desperately, and tears flowed down.

Although in the end they only needed three taels of silver, Li Yuanqing still gave them five taels each, and the matter has come to this point, after all, Li Yuanqing's ability is limited at this time, and he has already done his best.

The two little ladies are like two little heels, following Li Yuanqing, looking forward to it and frightened, and at a loss.

Li Yuanqing originally wanted to go to the big store inside, but with these two little heels, he could only dispel this idea.

Leading the two little girls back to the wonton stall, Li Yuanqing asked the mother-in-law of the second child to give each of the two little girls a bowl of wontons, warm a few meat cakes, and let them fill their stomachs first.

"Eat. Don't be afraid. Different from treating their parents, Li Yuanqing's tone towards the two little girls was much softer.

"Thank you, thank you, uncle." The older girl was the first to speak, carefully picked up the chopsticks, and ate them.

When the young man saw this, he also hurriedly said: "Thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle." ”

After speaking, he also picked up the chopsticks and ate carefully.

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